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MINUTES  OF  THE 
Mr.  Procter  said  that  Mr.  Stearns  had  had  an  opportunity  to  defend 
his  course  in  this  matter.  He  thought  Mr.  S.  was  sincere  in  his  state- 
ment that  he  had  not  broken  the  moral  law  but  had  made  a  mis-take  in 
policy,  and  had  gone  counter  to  our  Ethical  rules.  This  certainly  showed 
a  moral  obliquity  for  which  he  could  not  account.  The  act  of  Mr.  Stearns 
had  certainly  wounded  the  virtue  of  the  Association  in  one  of  its  best 
members.  It  must  be  healed,  even  though  it  be  necessary  to  resort  to 
the  knife  and  remove  the  offending  member. 
Mr.  Wright,  of  New  York,  wished  to  know  if  expulsion  was  resorted 
to  in  this  case,  how  long  the  Association  would  exist.  How  many  of  its 
members  make  their  preparations  fully  up  to  the  standard.  Who  was 
there  that  did  not  offend  more  or  less? 
Dr.  Squibb  was  asked  to  express  his  views,  and  replied  that  he  could 
not  discuss  the  subject;  he  had  no  desire  or  heart  to  enter  into  the  mat- 
ter. He  had  no  reply  to  make  to  Mr.  Stearns,  who  he  honored  for  his 
frankness  and  openness.  We  would  do  well  to  remember  a  lesson  of  the 
Highest  authority  ;  "  Let  him  who  is  without  (this)  sin  among  you  first 
cast  a  stone." 
Mr.  Gilmore  thought  the  use  of  the  words  Sweet  Quinine  "  as  a  trade 
mark  unobjectionable.  If  quinine  was  wanted  it  ought  to  be  asked  for, 
and  if  we  used  sweet  quinine  we  should  know  what  it  was  first^  and  not 
expect  it  to  be  bitter  quinine. 
Mr.  Menninger  moved  that  the  vote  be  taken  by  ayes  and  noes. 
Mr.  Colcord  moved  to  amend  the  motion  by  calling  the  delegations  of 
the  Colleges  and  Associations  first,  which  was  carried. 
Mr.  Colcord  also  moved  that  the  Chair  order  that  all  the  members  in 
the  Hall  should  be  present  when  the  vote  was  taken.  Carried. 
Whilst  those  members  in  other  parts  of  the  Hall  were  being  gathered, 
a  general  discussion  occurred  for  and  against  the  resolution  of  censure. 
Mr.  Bakes  thought  that  whilst  the  sale  of  liquors  over  the  soda-water 
counter  by  some  members  was  suffered,  he  could  not  vote  for  the  expul- 
sion of  Mr.  Stearns. 
Mr.  Menninger  stated  that  it  had  been  the  aim  of  t^^e  Association  to 
raise  the  Standard  of  Pharmacy.  Whatever  truth  ftiere  might  be  in 
this  statement  of  Mr.  Bakes,  he  d;d  not  believe  the  cases  parallel,  and 
"  that  two  wrongs  cannot  make  a  right."  If  there  was  virtue  in  the  As- 
sociation, a  violation  of  its  Ethical  Code  called  for  expulsion.  A  man  to 
be  respected  must  respect  himself;  and  so  with  this  Associationin  its  re- 
lation to  the  community,  it  must  uphold  its  Code  of  Ethics;  this  had  been 
fully  and  seriously  violated.  If  we  claim  a  high  standard  before  the 
community,  there  is  but  one  remedy  and  that  remedy  is  expulsion. 
Mr.  Stearns  wished  it  understood  that  he  was  ouly  to  be  judged  for  the 
past.  He  had  no  promises  to  make  for  the  future.  He  might  have  re- 
signed, but  that  would  have  been  cowardly.  He  wished^the  Association 
to  act  on  the  past ;  the  future  would  take  care  of  itself,  and  urged  mem- 
bers not  to  act  precipitately. 
